Vinita is a journalist, educator and media innovator. She's reported internationally from places like New York, Mumbai and Johannesburg and has worked in both big and community media, including: the New York Times Magazine, Savoy, VIBE, the Village Voice and WBAI and CKLN Radio. She's a leader and a mentor both in the newsroom and the classroom and has taught journalism at TMU's School of Journalism, the National University of Rwanda and the Asian American Writer's Workshop in NYC. She is a member of the Global Journalism Innovation Lab at UBC.